Analyzing Archetypes! When thinking about the projects we completed this year I had actually forgotten about my dear old Film as Modern Mythology. I daresay this was due in part to it being overshadowed by our other, slightly harrowing assignments. But indeed, it was my favorite.
Mythology is twisted. Incestuous, vengeful, enraged gods and goddesses toying with each other and humans are comparable (sometimes surpassing) the seedy underbellies you’ll encounter in current cinema. Hera, Loki, and Prometheus all may be an inspiration for writers today, but they’re definitely an indication of how little human nature has changed over thousands of years. Analyzing the different archetypes of lore from Ancient Scandinavia only to discover I encountered a similar personality in some 1977 film proves that we all still look for the same fundamental traits in our characters. And that to me is cool.
This project being assigned early on in the year meant that I was still relatively unfamiliar with the inner workings of our temperamental cyber friend, The Wikispace. It provided the much needed chance to figure out technical stuff like linking pictures and formatting pages which really came in handy once we delved into multigenre.
Another significant reason for this being The Very Best, is that I did well on this project. At least, I think so. And truthfully, I don’t share that sentiment for any of the other projects. I enjoyed being able to use Footloose for reasons beyond my own guilty pleasures and finding a mythological counterpart to Kevin Bacon’s Ren McCormack. And it wasn’t just me. I think almost everyone came through for their Archetypes; maybe it was because we were still early in the year, or maybe because they, like me, were fond of it. Whatever the reason, I know it was a great thing to arrive in class and be graced by a fantastic montage from Rushmore. If only all of my education could be conveyed through the childish antics of Jason Schwartzman.
When thinking about the projects we completed this year I had actually forgotten about my dear old Film as Modern Mythology. I daresay this was due in part to it being overshadowed by our other, slightly harrowing assignments. But indeed, it was my favorite.
Mythology is twisted. Incestuous, vengeful, enraged gods and goddesses toying with each other and humans are comparable (sometimes surpassing) the seedy underbellies you’ll encounter in current cinema. Hera, Loki, and Prometheus all may be an inspiration for writers today, but they’re definitely an indication of how little human nature has changed over thousands of years. Analyzing the different archetypes of lore from Ancient Scandinavia only to discover I encountered a similar personality in some 1977 film proves that we all still look for the same fundamental traits in our characters. And that to me is cool.
This project being assigned early on in the year meant that I was still relatively unfamiliar with the inner workings of our temperamental cyber friend, The Wikispace. It provided the much needed chance to figure out technical stuff like linking pictures and formatting pages which really came in handy once we delved into multigenre.
Another significant reason for this being The Very Best, is that I did well on this project. At least, I think so. And truthfully, I don’t share that sentiment for any of the other projects. I enjoyed being able to use Footloose for reasons beyond my own guilty pleasures and finding a mythological counterpart to Kevin Bacon’s Ren McCormack. And it wasn’t just me. I think almost everyone came through for their Archetypes; maybe it was because we were still early in the year, or maybe because they, like me, were fond of it. Whatever the reason, I know it was a great thing to arrive in class and be graced by a fantastic montage from Rushmore. If only all of my education could be conveyed through the childish antics of Jason Schwartzman.